March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

The 2014 Quad County Conference All-Conference All Star Game and team members have been set. The game will take place on Monday, March 3rd. The teams look as follows:
For the Boys East: The coach has been named Shane Winters. All Conference players include: Jacob Cole, Chance Haislip, Garrett Green, Zac Couch, Brandon Baness, with alternatives being Haskell Lawless and Dillon Vest. All-Star players incllude: Tyler Hembree, Sabastian Cowen, S

March 19, 2014

The Kelly Miller Bros. Circus, founded during the Depression, is making another milestone this year as it celebrate its seventy sixth anniversary. Founded in 1938 by Obert Miller and his sons, Kelly and Dores, this traditional tented circus has seen the passing of the millennium and still offers the same great family entertainment it presented in its humble beginnings.

March 19, 2014

On the evening of March 15, 2014, a new Miss RHS was chosen after a magnificent night full of entertaining excitement! Dana House, Principal of Rattan School, welcomed everyone to the 23nd annual Miss RHS Scholarship Pageant. The show opened with the contestants, reigning Miss RHS 2013, Sarah Williams & Miss RHS 2012, Stepheney Haddox, thrilling the audience by performing a dance to â€śThe Beautiful People.â€ť
The n

March 19, 2014

The Spanish Mustang of Oklahoma, famous for excelling in endurance competitions and all around equine events was officially bestowed the honorable title of â€śThe Heritage Horse of Oklahomaâ€ť on March 5, 2014 in Oklahoma City.

It was a very important day for the colonial Spanish horses preserved in the foundation herds of Bryant and Darlene Rickman of Southeast Oklahoma and other members of the Southwest Spanish Mustang Association who, with the Livestock Conservancy, have worked for many years ensuring the preservation of this genetic and cultural treasure.

March 19, 2014

By

Butch Morris

What a difference a couple of weeks cam make. The hospital had some money come in and can make payroll. The operating room has been brought up to spec and all deficiencies corrected. As soon as the state gives the word, the OR will be back in business.
How important is the operating room to the overall financial well being of the hospital? According to the CFO, the operating room brings in an average of $250,000.00 per month. The OR has been closed for 4 months. It was stated that this was the main reason for the $800,000.00 shortfall last year.

March 19, 2014

Halito! If you are expecting or just had a Native American baby, we need you! The Choctaw Outreach Services Better Beginnings Department are participating in a study to learn what services best meet the needs of our Native American families with young children.
You only have to do three things to participate and earn $100 in fuel: 1. Enroll, You will receive a $20 fuel voucher for enrolling; 2. Complete two short parent surveys when your baby is two months old that asks how your child is doing and what you've learned as a parent, You will get $40 in fuel vouchers; and 3

March 19, 2014

After around the clock searching, and countless man hours the two inmates that escaped from the Pushmataha County Jail are now back in custody and facing new criminal charges for escaping from a penal institution.
On Sunday night, February 16, two DOC inmates being housed in Pushmataha County Jail escaped after overpowering jail staff while the inmates were being served. The inmates were spotted by Antlers Police Departmentâ€™s dispatchers and the hunt began.

March 17th

March 17, 2014

By

Tracy Steffenson, Publisher

After around the clock searching, and countless man hours the two inmates that escaped from the Pushmataha County Jail are now back in custody and facing new criminal charges for escaping from a penal institution.
On Sunday night, February 16, two DOC inmates being housed in Pushmataha County Jail escaped after overpowering jail staff while the inmates were being served. The inmates were spotted by Antlers Police Departmentâ€™s dispatchers and the hunt began.

February 18th

February 18, 2014

Monday night, around 10 p.m., one of the escaped inmates was recovered in Choctaw County. Sheriff Duncan says Avery is now back behind bars.
Michael Avery was apprehended on HWY 271, just a mile north of HWY 70, but Clayton Scraper is still on the run.
U.S. Marshals, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Choctaw County Sheriff's Office and Bryan County Sheriff's office have been assisting in the search.